Name: Williamston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.53/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$109.53

83 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$25.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs SC average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	464	117.54	545	28
Medium and Large 2	481	110.35	530	30
Small 1-2	434	100.97	438	21
Medium and Large 3	504	92.28	465	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.26/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale83 hd

109.53

—

SC average5 barns · 475 hd

108.16

+1.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,303	72.15	940	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,456	51.88	755	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,156	48.19	557	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,002	39.80	399	8thin

Every lot, as filed

104 lots · USDA AMS · Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	755	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,153	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	810	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,455	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	585	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,340	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	423	100.78/cwt	100.00–103.00	426	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	905	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	3,439	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,830	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	853	474.72/cwt	470.00–480.00	4,049	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	993	609.85/cwt	550.00–660.00	6,056	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,773	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	430	106.83/cwt	103.00–110.00	459	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	748.44/cwt	710.00–795.00	9,019	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	136.10/cwt	130.00–141.00	573	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,095	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,475	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,080	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	5,368	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,311	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	670	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	5,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	695	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	627.23/cwt	545.00–675.00	7,464	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	652.00/cwt	652.00–652.00	7,726	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	790	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	892.34/cwt	827.00–960.00	10,217	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	112.08/cwt	109.00–114.00	583	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	104.52/cwt	103.00–106.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	116.00/cwt	114.00–118.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	143.72/cwt	138.00–147.00	477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	124.12/cwt	119.00–129.00	643	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	967	624.56/cwt	582.00–680.00	6,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	108.98/cwt	105.00–113.00	526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	838	471.99/cwt	465.00–480.00	3,955	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	5,951	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	610	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	561	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	104.51/cwt	104.00–105.00	538	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	373	107.56/cwt	102.50–110.00	401	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	565	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	633	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	740	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	718	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	645	460.39/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,970	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	472	109.03/cwt	106.00–111.00	515	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	368	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	405	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	283	97.39/cwt	95.00–100.00	276	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	220	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	220	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	220	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	259	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	583	98.01/cwt	96.00–100.00	571	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	328	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	377	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	605	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	678	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	450	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	484	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	660	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	601	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	595	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	613	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	520	107.02/cwt	106.00–108.00	557	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	620	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	626	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	340	104.40/cwt	100.00–113.00	355	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	847	359.79/cwt	291.00–398.00	3,047	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	1,109.63/cwt	1,085.00–1,135.00	11,263	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	12,879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	842	609.79/cwt	577.00–636.00	5,134	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	737.44/cwt	725.00–750.00	7,706	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	513.02/cwt	500.00–525.00	3,668	2
Bulls	—	—	1,303	72.15/cwt	69.00–75.00	940	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	36.85/cwt	30.00–42.00	353	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	49.97/cwt	47.00–51.00	720	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	43.74/cwt	39.00–48.00	479	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	640	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	112.66/cwt	110.00–116.00	472	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	53.25/cwt	52.00–55.00	781	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	53.33/cwt	50.00–59.00	654	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	44.71/cwt	44.00–45.00	482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	118.29/cwt	116.00–122.00	560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	138.53/cwt	135.00–142.50	522	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,069.58/cwt	925.00–1,150.00	12,728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	125.54/cwt	123.00–128.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	127.34/cwt	120.00–132.00	418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	139.91/cwt	135.00–145.00	392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	122.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	104.60/cwt	102.00–106.00	598	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	115.42/cwt	114.00–118.00	593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	112.44/cwt	110.00–115.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	109.75/cwt	109.00–111.00	574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	122.08/cwt	118.00–124.00	514	6
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	347	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	129.16/cwt	125.00–132.50	506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	92.55/cwt	90.00–95.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	116.16/cwt	110.00–120.00	434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	111.53/cwt	107.00–114.00	528	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	97.58/cwt	95.00–100.00	369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	667	92.66/cwt	90.00–94.00	618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	225	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	236	1

How this sale compares

South Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Upstate Livestock Exchange - Williamston, SC

Mon Oct 26, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Columbia, SC (LS-CO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 284Last week 548Year ago 551

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 94Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 42Year ago 49

No trends available this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	755	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	810	550.00	550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	380.00	380.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	853	470.00–480.00	474.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	993	550.00–660.00	609.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,045	725.00–750.00	737.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,190	545.00–675.00	627.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	585	400.00	400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	645	450.00–470.00	460.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,015	1,085.00–1,135.00	1,109.63
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	1,060.00	1,060.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,190	925.00–1,150.00	1,069.58
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,205	710.00–795.00	748.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	652.00	652.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	529.00	529.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	497.00	497.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	582.00–680.00	624.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	838	465.00–480.00	471.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	847	291.00–398.00	359.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,145	827.00–960.00	892.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	842	577.00–636.00	609.79
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	715	500.00–525.00	513.02

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	100.00–103.00	100.78
1	—	610	92.00	92.00
2	—	515	104.00–105.00	104.51
4	—	373	102.50–110.00	107.56
2	—	283	95.00–100.00	97.39
1	—	220	100.00	100.00
2	—	583	96.00–100.00	98.01
2	—	660	90.00–92.00	91.00
3	—	340	100.00–113.00	104.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	122.00	122.00
11	—	520	109.00–114.00	112.08
1	—	565	112.00	112.00
6	—	473	116.00–122.00	118.29
3	—	328	120.00–132.00	127.34
6	—	421	118.00–124.00	122.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	110.00–116.00	112.66
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
5	—	572	102.00–106.00	104.60
4	—	523	109.00–111.00	109.75
4	—	374	110.00–120.00	116.16
8	—	473	107.00–114.00	111.53
1	—	600	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	95.00	95.00
2	—	480	90.00–95.00	92.55
1	—	640	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	103.00–110.00	106.83
3	—	472	106.00–111.00	109.03
1	—	595	103.00	103.00
2	—	520	106.00–108.00	107.02
2	—	620	100.00–102.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	130.00–141.00	136.10
2	—	565	114.00–118.00	116.00
2	—	478	123.00–128.00	125.54
1	—	515	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	103.00–106.00	104.52
2	—	483	105.00–113.00	108.98
4	—	431	120.00–125.00	122.99
5	—	514	114.00–118.00	115.42
2	—	563	110.00–115.00	112.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	93.00	93.00
1	—	445	103.00	103.00
1	—	570	96.00	96.00
2	—	478	100.00	100.00
3	—	667	90.00–94.00	92.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	124.00–125.00	124.51
6	—	332	138.00–147.00	143.72
2	—	518	119.00–129.00	124.12
1	—	460	140.00	140.00
5	—	377	135.00–142.50	138.53
2	—	280	135.00–145.00	139.91
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	112.00	112.00
1	—	740	97.00	97.00
2	—	368	110.00	110.00
1	—	220	117.50	117.50
2	—	328	115.00	115.00
1	—	605	112.00	112.00
1	—	450	107.50	107.50
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	125.00–130.00	127.50
1	—	330	135.00	135.00
3	—	392	125.00–132.50	129.16
1	—	675	114.00	114.00
1	—	750	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	99.00	99.00
2	—	378	95.00–100.00	97.58
1	—	225	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	51.00	51.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,303	69.00–75.00	72.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	957	30.00–42.00	36.85
3	—	1,077	44.00–45.00	44.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,440	47.00–51.00	49.97
7	—	1,467	52.00–55.00	53.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,094	39.00–48.00	43.74
13	—	1,227	50.00–59.00	53.33

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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